Rewarding Blog Commenters
Posted by Charles on January 6th, 2009
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I have always found that comments add a huge amount to articles and help to differentiate blogs from normal websites. The comments section is the place that you look to first for a second opinion or confirmation about whether what you’ve read also works for others.
This feedback is helpful, interesting and this interaction really helps to engage your audience. People don’t want to feel that they’re alone… comments help to build a buzzing community around your blog. For example, if you head over to Problogger there are frequently tens if not hundreds of comments made in response to each article. This is invaluable to Problogger and helps to reinforce his position as one of the leading blogs about blogging.
The value of comments is one of the main reasons why I changed PiggyBankPie to a DoFollow blog as the flow of PageRank back to the commenter’s site acts as a small thank you. In fact, when used on a consistent and frequent basis contributing comments on DoFollow blogs can be a very effective way of increasing your site’s search engine rankings as it’s one of the easiest ways of receiving obtaining keyword-rich deep links.
As it’s a new year I thought I’d take things a step further and write a post at the start of each month highlighting the top three commenters from the previous month. Hopefully this will encourage more people to contribute comments and reward those who contribute the most. Over time I may extend this and also include the best or most insightful comment but to start with it’s probably best to keep things simple.
So to start things off, what other techniques have you tried to increase the number of comments made on your blog?
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Posted by Charles on January 1st, 2009
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First up, welcome to 2009! To start off the New Year I thought I’d put together a list of the most engaging articles on PiggyBankPie from 2008. How should this be measured? I thought about making a list based on page views but the results will always be skewed based on when the article was written, its search engine rankings, and whether a sudden influx of visitors arrived from StumbleUpon.
Therefore I settled […] Continue Reading…
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We don’t do many product reviews on PiggyBankPie but every now and then I come across a product or service which is extremely helpful. In the past we’ve looked at the Dark Room text editor, a few paid to blog programs, and today it’s the website builder Moonfruit.
Website builders generally suffer from a multitude of problems. Usually they’re poorly developed, very inflexible, and only suitable for very basic sites. Frustrating is certainly a word […] Continue Reading…
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Posted by Charles on December 8th, 2008
Last month Google launched SearchWiki,allowing users (when logged in) to rate websites and adjust the search rankings that they see. The benefits for Google are potentially huge.
Suddenly they can now tap into the opinions of real people. If a website receives positive ratings from thousands of users then Google can be fairly sure that it’s a high quality site, potentially deserving a boost in the rankings. As Google Product Manager Cedric Dupont says: “We’re […] Continue Reading…
Productive Blogging: 8 Tips To Become More Efficient
Posted by Charles on November 24th, 2008
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It’s been 5 months now since the summer’s day back in late June when I purchased PiggyBankPie. During that time I’ve had to become a lot more time-efficient as staying up-to-date with all the developments in internet marketing, running a couple of other sites, blogging, and holding down a permanent job during the week does take time… too much time when you’re not completely organized.
I’ve made quite a few changes to […] Continue Reading…
